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Eighteen-year-old Danielle helps distribute housekeeping flyers for her mother’s best friend Barbara, only to be questioned, dismissed, and tested by strangers. The situation escalates when Mrs. James, wife of billionaire Alec James, appears and Blake himself connects with Danielle through sharp curiosity and flirtation, setting an emotional tension that drives their story forward.","THE CEO’S RELUCTANT BRIDE  \nLINZVONC  \nDAHLIA HOUSE PUBLISHING  \nOCEANOFPDF. 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Based in the UK too!  \nSubscribe here: [https://BookHip.com/XTFXKDP](https://BookHip.com/XTFXKDP)  \n[For a full list of Linvonc](For a full list of Linvonc)’[s](s) books visit:  \n[https://www.linzvonc.co.uk/order-of-books](https://www.linzvonc.co.uk/order-of-books)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nChapter 1  \nChapter 2  \nChapter 3  \nChapter 4  \nChapter 5  \nChapter 6  \nChapter 7  \nChapter 8  \nChapter 9  \nChapter 10  \nChapter 11  \nChapter 12  \nChapter 13  \nChapter 14  \nChapter 15  \nChapter 16  \nChapter 17  \nChapter 18  \nChapter 19  \nChapter 20  \nChapter 21  \nChapter 22  \nChapter 23  \nChapter 24  \nChapter 25  \nChapter 26  \nChapter 27  \nChapter 28  \nChapter 29  \nChapter 30  \nChapter 31  \nChapter 32  \nChapter 33  \nChapter 34  \nEpilogue  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCHAPTER 1  \nDANIELLE  \nThe first time I met Blake James, I was eighteen years old and handing out flyers at a school football game.  \nI didn’t know then that he would become my first love…  \nOr that five years later, I’d end up marrying him.  \n“Danielle, could you hand out these flyers to the visitors after the game?”Barbara fussed, pushing leaflets into my hands while her eyes darted around us.“Remember, cleaning, pressing, anything—”  \n“I’ve got this, Barb. Leave it to me, and I’ll hand them out this side,” I promised my mother ’s best friend, watching as she hurried over to the other side of the school field to finish watching the game.  \nPushing my hair behind my ears, I gathered the leaflets and forced asmile on my face as people started to leave the stands.  \n“What’s this?” a woman asked me, hooking a toddler over her hip as she peered at the leaflets.  \n“It’s a list of all the housekeeping services Barbara offers.” I smiled sweetly at the toddler who gazed at me through shining eyes.  \n“Does she babysit?” the woman asked hopefully.  \n“Uh, no.” I winced when the woman shoved the flyer back into my hands.  \n“No good to me then.”  \nJeez.  \nMost people took the flyers from me to be polite, and I turned a blind eye when they dropped them in the trash.  \nPoor Barbara.  \nHer husband had left her—ran off to Vegas to ‘find himself ’—leaving Barbara in heavy debt with a mortgage to pay. She had a job at a restaurant nearby, but she needed more money.  \n“Ugh, so not interested,” one girl huffed at me, shoving past me.  \n“Ooh, what’s this? I need a cleaner; do you have any references?” A woman scanned the flyer, as a striking guy hovered behind her, rolling his eyes.  \n“Yes!” I beamed, reeling off a list of jobs that Barbara had done locally, praying I was doing her a favor.  \n“Great. Can you come over for an interview?” The woman smiled, digging around in her purse as I frowned.  \n“Oh, I’m not the cleaner—”  \n“Sorry?” The woman handed me a business card, shiny silver letters announcing that the woman in front of me was none other than Kayla James—wife of the billionaire Alec James.  \nI found my tongue, nodding my head at Mrs. James.“Barbara can come for an interview whenever,” I responded, scanning the crowds for Barbara.  \n“Wonderful.”  \nI finally spotted Barbara, and I waved at her like a madwoman until she joined us, her eyes wide when she saw Mrs. James.  \n“This is Barbara, and Barbara, this is Mrs. James,” I introduced them, suddenly aware of eyes on me. 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